El modesto misterio

It was very interesting to explore four different translation of the same text during our class discussion.  I took this class because of the importance of proper translation of a text in the current trends of business globalization.  Don Quixote is one of the most important texts to refer when we talk about world literature.  This text has hundreds of years and I never realized before this class how important is to properly translate this text to understand it in different languages.  I clearly noticed that the first two translation of Don Quixote the English words pick for the translation of the text were more complex and many of the words, I had difficulties to understand.  As we discussed in class, that was caused by an important fact about how languages evolve thru time. The first two translations were written in 1985 and 1949 by two American translators. Even though, they were from the United States, the translation looked different but it is because of the time they were written.

The other two translation of Don Quixote were both written in 2003. However, what made these texts different wasn’t the time; it was the place where they were written what made the difference in this case.  This was another key factor when someone wants to translate a text.  You have to make sure that your target audience would be able to understand your translation of a text. In the case of the last two translations of Don Quixote, they were on point for their target audience, the European and the American Markets.